More federal money is coming for Canadian cultural productions and exporting them abroad, Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly says.
But Ottawa is looking for big global tech players like Netflix and Facebook to chip in, too, she said Thursday.
She detailed some of her plans during a lunchtime speech in Ottawa, including securing a $500-million pledge by Netflix to fund Canadian productions over five years and to build a permanent production presence in Canada. Joly touted it as the biggest investment in Canadian content in the last 30 years from a foreign company.
And she said Facebook is teaming up with Toronto’s Ryerson University to fund a digital news incubator there.
Haydn Watters – CBC News – September 28, 2017.
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